IT consultant Sohaib Athar was just “taking a break from the rat-race by hiding in the mountains with his laptops” in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad when he described, in 140 characters or less, a helicopter hovering overhead and a “huge window shaking bang”—accidentally live-tweeting the U.S. raid that ended a decade-long manhunt and killed Osama bin Laden.

Nor was Athar the only one to discuss the raid on Twitter before President Obama’s announcement last night. Keith Urbahn, Donald Rumsfeld’s Chief of Staff, tweeted several hours later: “So I’m told by a reputable person they have killed Osama Bin Laden. Hot damn.”

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson seems to have been among the first to know, as well. Around the same time as Urbahn, Johnson tweeted: “Just got word that will shock the world – Land of the free…home of the brave DAMN PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!” His time as a Space Marine must have earned him some friends in the military.

i was just wondering, cuz osama got what he deserved for killing over a couple thousand innocent lives, but r we sending a navy seal team to Bush’s and Cheney’s house for killing dozens of thousands of innocent lives?? i mean, osama is a terorist for killing 3000+ americans, but why isnt bush considered a terorist for killing dozens of thousand sof innocent lives during his 8 years??

http://webxecutive.com Jason

@Zokinho – Terrorism is a matter of perspective. Osama was on the wrong side.